Starbucks Coffee
Sumatra
| Roaster Location: | Seattle, Washington |
| Coffee Origin: | Northern Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Roast Level: | Very Dark |
| Agtron: | 0/34 |
| Review Date: | January 2007 |
| Aroma: | 8 |
| Body: | 7 |
| Flavor: | 7 |
| Aftertaste: | 6 |
Blind Assessment
Attractive aroma: sweet, gently scorched cedar with a distinct hint of semi-sweet chocolate. Very roasty in the cup, but with patience the sweet burned notes round toward a vague, caramelly chocolate. Simple and sweet in the short finish, mildly astringent in the long.
Notes
Purchased pre-ground in a sealed 12-ounce foil-laminated bag with one-way valve at a Safeway supermarket in northern California; 92 cents per dry ounce. A rather low-key, subdued, probably over-roasted version of the traditional earthy/fruity Sumatra profile. Visit
Who Should Drink It
A subdued approximation of the great traditional Sumatra cup for hurried supermarket shoppers.
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This review originally appeared in the January, 2007 tasting report: Starting with Cans: Mainstream Supermarket Coffees
